formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time. Source: Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76 | Walt Disney Company | The Guardian
Some of those gathered were seen applauding as her coffin was driven through the French Riviera town after a service in a local church. Source: Crowds line Saint-Tropez streets for Brigitte Bardot funeral – BBC News
Brigitte Bardot, the French actor and singer who became an international sex symbol before turning her back on the film industry to become an animal rights activist, has died aged 91. Source: Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91 … Continued
Asghar Farhadi remembered the filmmaker and playwright, who died due to complications from cancer, as his “great teacher.” Source: Bahram Beyzaie Dead: Iranian Bashu the Little Stranger Director Was 87
Acclaimed Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri has died in northern Israel, ending a five-decade career that established him as one of the most influential voices in Palestinian cinema. Source: Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri dies at 72 | … Continued
Rosa von Praunheim, a key figure of the New German Cinema movement who made taboo-breaking films about queer life and scandalised the country when he outed German celebrities on live TV, has died aged 83. Source: Rosa von Praunheim, provocative … Continued